Distillers Looking into Their Own Business

Publisher Thomas Tegg British

October 10, 1811

Not on view

A repulsive scene with three old men with grotesque and hideously carbuncled faces looking into a cask of "Double Rectified Spirits," while their noses and mouths stream copiously.

Artwork Details

Title: Distillers Looking into Their Own Business
Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
Publisher: Thomas Tegg (British, London 1776–1846 London)
Date: October 10, 1811
Medium: Hand-colored etching
Dimensions: Plate: 9 3/4 × 13 11/16 in. (24.7 × 34.8 cm)
Sheet: 10 13/16 × 14 3/16 in. (27.4 × 36 cm)
Classification: Portfolio Covers
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Object Number: 59.533.1438
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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